Biographical Background: Xin Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA.
She received her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, in 1998.
From 1998 to 2001, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher and then a Research Scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Zhang has been on the Boston University Faculty since 2002, and is the recipient of the National Science Foundation Faculty CAREER Award in 2003.
In 2009, she was named the inaugural Distinguished Faculty Fellow, an honor given to tenured College of Engineering faculty at Boston University who
is on a clear trajectory toward exemplary leadership career in all dimensions of science and engineering.

Group Background: Laboratory for Microsystems Technology (LMST), directed by Dr. Zhang, was founded in 2002 as a college-wide,
student-centered, interdisciplinary research and education program in the broad area of micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems
(MEMS/NEMS or micro/nanosystems (MNS)). Our research includes fundamental and applied aspects of MNS. Specifically, we seek to understand
and exploit interesting characteristics of micro/nano-scale materials, mechanics, and manufacturing technologies with forward-looking
engineering efforts and practical applications ranging from energy to health care to homeland security.